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enhttp://kalw.org/feeds/term/2773/rss.xmlWritten on the Dock of the Bay: Saying farewell to bookstores and book lovershttp://kalw.org/post/written-dock-bay-saying-farewell-bookstores-and-book-lovers
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-901e998b-5637-3cc3-6ef9-eedb6fa2a1e6"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><b>Bay Area Book World Breaking News! </b>&nbsp;</span></span></p><p></p><p></p>Mon, 18 Jan 2016 20:00:08 +0000Holly McDede69666 at http://kalw.orgWritten on the Dock of the Bay: Saying farewell to bookstores and book loversLife of the Law special: Stories from San Quentinhttp://kalw.org/post/life-law-special-stories-san-quentin
<p>Monday, January 4th at 5pm, tune in to hear <strong>“Stories from San Quentin,”</strong> a special broadcast from <strong><a href="http://www.lifeofthelaw.org/tag/panoply/">Life of the Law</a></strong> featuring powerful human stories of prisoners, staff and&nbsp;volunteers&nbsp;at California's oldest prison.</p><p>Wed, 23 Dec 2015 20:10:11 +0000Matt Martin68782 at http://kalw.orgLife of the Law special: Stories from San QuentinSQPR: When loyalty is misguided http://kalw.org/post/sqpr-when-loyalty-misguided
<p></p><p>Though being in a gang often means violence, it also offers a sense of belonging. Gang loyalty can end tragically when members end up betrayed by the very same people they sought to impress. This is the story of three men who misplaced their loyalty -- and in each case ended up with life sentences.</p><p><em>Click the audio player above to hear the entire story.&nbsp;</em></p><p></p>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 01:08:55 +0000Louis A. Scott60272 at http://kalw.orgSQPR: When loyalty is misguided Walking death row at San Quentin State Prisonhttp://kalw.org/post/walking-death-row-san-quentin-state-prison
<p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">San Quentin State Prison has four massive cell blocks, each identified by their cardinal direction: north, south, east, and west. Of the four, only one houses inmates sentenced to death. None of the cell blocks have been visited by a reporter since 2007.</span></p><p>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:44:32 +0000Nancy Mullane18645 at http://kalw.orgWalking death row at San Quentin State PrisonLife of the Law: Jailhouse lawyers circumvent 'the Bar,' behind barshttp://kalw.org/post/life-law-jailhouse-lawyers-circumvent-bar-behind-bars
<p>In California, there are hundreds if not thousands of people practicing criminal law, though they’ve never passed a bar exam. They don’t wear suits. They don’t have secretaries. And they can’t bill for their time. They’re called Jailhouse Lawyers. They’re inmates who pursue the equivalent of a lawyer’s education and who work as lawyers from within prison walls.</p>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:08:52 +0000Nancy Mullane17240 at http://kalw.orgLife of the Law: Jailhouse lawyers circumvent 'the Bar,' behind bars